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CIGAR MACHINE.

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P. HAEHNEL CIGAR MACHINE.

No. 259,638. Patented June 13, 1882.

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CIGAR MACHINE. No. 259,638. Patented June 13, 1882 N. PETERS.PhoXo-Lnhcgnphen Washington D. c.

NITED STATES FREDERIO HAEHNEL, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR TOTHE NEW ORLEANS CIGAR FACTORY, OF SAME PLACE. 1

CIGAR-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,638, dated June 13,1882.

Application filed August 15,1881. (No model.)

zen of the United States of America, residing at New Orleans, in theparish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cigar -Making Machines; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same,reference being had to theaccompany-in g drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of cigarmachines in which the cigaris wrapped and finished. The object is to produce a machine that issimple in its construction and operation, not liable to get out oforder,and one that will do its work in a very thorough and neat manner.

My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of certainparts of a cigarma'chine, as will be more fully described hereinafter,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and it will be morefully pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine.Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line ora: of Fig. 1. Figs. 4. and 5 are enlarged views of the adjustablevibrating cutter and support or stand. Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of thestationary adjustable cutter or knife. Fig. 7 is a cross-section on liney y of Fig. 1, with the removable tip-former in perspective. Fig. Sis aplan and cross-section of the pastereceptacle formed on the wrapper-bed.Fig. 9 is a cross-section on line 2 z of Fig. 1. Fig. 10 is amodification of the removable tip-former with spring. Fig. 11 is adetail view of the adjustable tightening-roller.

In the drawings, A is the bed-plate'of the machine, secured to anysuitable table, standards, or bench. The bed-plate has at each end anupright, a a, in which the shafts of the rollers, gearing, paste holderor reservoir, and cigar or bunch holder are supported.

To the bracket to is secured a table, B, which is curved atone endtoward thetip of thcbunchholder, and is provided on its lower side witha paste-receptacle, b, connecting by a flexible tube (shown in dottedlines in Figs. 1 and 8) with the paste reservoir or holder D, in whichis arranged a piston-head secured to the screwthreaded piston-rod a, soas to be automatically fed forward by means of a ratchet, d, and doublepawl-lever E, one end of which is operated by a treadle and a spring atthe other.

At the upper side of the table B is an oblong opening, b, through whichthe paste is forced againstithe wrappers of the cigars.

Instead of the piston and reservoir, any other suitable mechanism may beemployed, by which the paste is conveyed to the wrapper.

. In the upper central part of the support a is secured the lower half,0, of the bunch-holder. This bunch-holder has at one 'end a removableand adjustable tip-former, 0, having a teat or projection, 0 whichpasses through the lower part of the bunch holder, and is pressed upwardby a spring, 0 hearing against a pin, 0 the object being to compensatefor any inequality in the size of the point of the 75 bunch or cigar.Instead of this arrangement, the spring may be a coiled spring andadjusted by a screw, as shown in Fig. 10, which passes through a cap.

The upper part, 0, of the hunch-holder is also provided witha removabletip-former, 0 held in position by a screw, 0

At each end of the part O is arranged a pivoted arm or lever, F, havinga fulcrum, F, on each side secured to the frame, connected by atransverse bar, (1, by which, when it is desired to introduce or removea bunch or a finished cigar, upon pressing down upon the bar d'with thehand, the upper part, 0, of the bunch-holder is raised, the levers Fmoving upon their fulcrums. By removing the hand the spring F, bearingagainst the lower side of the bar (I, will force the part 0 down againto its closed position.

An adjustable gage, G, is secured to the part 95 O for guiding theendless belt H, which bears against it, and by the belt the hunch isrevolved. The belt passes over the rollers in a similar manner, as shownin my former patent,

No. 200,054.; but the roller M, over which the I00 endless belt passes,is made adjustable in its bearings by any suitable means, so as toenable the operator to loosen or tighten the belt to adapt it to thedifferent thicknesses of bunches or cigars to be wrapped. The endlessnarrow belt H passes around the rollers M M, and into one part, 0, ofthe bunch-holder and out through the part (1, and receives its motion bysaid rollers, the gearing P P, and pulley I The pressure-roller M, whichkeeps the belt taut, is forced inward by means of a spring, at, securedto the frame. (Best seen in Fig. 2.

In close proximity to the tip end of the bunch-holder is arranged astandard or support, I, in the upper part of which is pivoted avibrating adjustable knife or cutter, '6, attached to a lever, t". Thecutter t is provided with angular slot 2 so that it can be adjusted in avertical or horizontal direction, as desired. The standard is alsoprovided with an adjustable stop, k, by which the amount of vibration ofthe cutter is regulated. The stop k is adjusted by means of athumb-screw, If, and a slot, k, as best seen in Fig. 5.

To the tip end of the lower part, 0, of the bunch-holder is attached anadjustable curved knife, N, having at its rear side a curved elevatedsection, by which the wrapper is prevented from passing through betweenthe bisected tip part of the bunch-holder.

The cutter 2' receives its motion by means of an adjustablesprocket-wheel, k, on the shaft R and is pressed forward by a spring, kon said shaft.

To the end of the lever i is attached a spring, i secured to a hook, ior other suitable place, and is by said spring drawn against the teethof the sprocket-wheel.

The arm 1', that carries the knife t', is pivoted to its standard I byalong pivoted bearing, i oscillating in a hub, '5 and serves to give itsteadiness. This knife i is capable of adjustment upon the arm 2" bymeans of the two an gular slots 2' i" and suitable set-screws. Thepurpose of the adjustment is to raise or lower the knifepoint orincrease or diminish its length.

A thumb-plate, K, is secured to a hub on the upright shaft n, and to theupper end of said hub is attached a curved arm, L. WVhen it is desiredto stop the working of the cutter the thumb-plate is pressed upon, bywhich the sprocket-wheel is thrown out of contact with the lever t" andcauses it to stop. when released the cutter returns and operates asbeore.

Within the bunch-holder is arranged the regulator 0, similar to the oneshown in my former patent, by which the length of the cigar isregulated.

The operation is as follows: The bunch being properly prepared, thetreadle is depressed, which raises the upper part of the bunchholder.The bunch is then placed in the lower part, 0, of the bunch holder,resting on the narrow belt H, and the upper part is then by handlowered. The paste-holding reservoirD having been properly charged,motion is imparted to the driving-shaft P by means of the foot-treadle,pulley l and gears P. The revolution of the pressure-roller M androllers M M causes the endless belt H to be moved around in and to passthrough the bunch-holder, and this causes the bunch to revolve in orderto be wrapped. The wrapper is spread or played out over the table Buntil it reaches the rounded end of the same, when the vibrating cutterpinches into the wrapper, and theretore allows that part of the wrapperto open and turn around the tip end of the bunch or cigar. As soon asthe wrapper has been sufficiently rolled around the point of the bunchor cigar,the operator presses upon the thumb-plate, which causes thevibratin g cutter to stop, and therefore does not cut off the surpluswrapper, but allows it to wind itself around the point or tip of thecigar and gives it a complete finish. The heel of the foot-treadle isdepressed at the proper time, which causes, through the intermediatemechanism,the pawl to engage with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel d,turning the same. This, by means of the screw-thread on the pistonrod 0,forces the piston-head farther into the paste-holding cylinder orreservoir, and causes the paste to pass through the flexible tube intothe receptacle 1) under the table B, and through the oblong opening 1)against or under the wrapper at the end, where the tip of the cigar isformed.

Having thus described myinvention,whatI claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. In a cigar-machine, a bunch-holder provided with a removableadjustable conforming tip-former, c, in combination with a suitablespring, substantially as specified.

2. In a cigar-machine, the vibrating cutter i, having the angular slots2' and i and pivoted to a standard, I, and means for operating itintermittently, substantially as described.

3. In a cigar-machine, the vibrating cutter 2', having the angular slots'5 t, and-pivoted to a standard, I, provided with an adjustable stop, k,in combination with means for operating said knife intermittently,substantially as set forth.

4.. In a cigar-machine, the curved plate -K, attached to a curved lever,L, arranged on the shaft n, in combination with the sprocketwheel k andspring k on the shaft. k for throwing the sprocket-wheel out of contactwith the lever i, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a cigar-machine,the table B,provided with a receptacle b andopening b, constructed and arranged as shown, in combination with aflexible tube and a paste-reservoir, D, all as shown, and for thepurpose set forth.

6. In a cigar-machine, the adjustable knife N, provided with a curvedcutting-heel, constructed as shown, in combination with the bunch-holderO 0 and vibrating knife '5, all arranged substantially as specified.

7. In a cigar-machine, the vibrating cutter i on the lever i, operatedby the sprocketwheel 75 on shaft k in combination with the stationaryknife N, secured adjustably t0 the lower part, 0, 0f the bunch-holder,and the part 0, all arranged substantially as specified.

8. The vibrating cutter 5, having rectangular slots i i for adjustingsaid cutter to the lever i, which is pivoted to the standard I, incombination with the lever L on the vertical shaft 'n, thesprocket-Wheel 7s on shaft 10 the v elongated opening, b, in combinationwith a 20 flexible tube and a paste-reservoir, D, for delivering thepaste to the under side of the cigar-wrapper, substantially as shown andset forth.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in 25 presence of twowitnesses.

, FREDERIG HAEHNEL. Witnesses:

T. G. BRECHI, F. E. BRECHT.

